Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.
LEMMYI learned that if I had known how much of this Nazi memorabilia there was to collect, I never would have started in the first place. It’s crowding me out of my house.
More Lemmy Quotes
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Some songs, you just can’t shake; they keep creeping back into your set list.
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Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.
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I don’t like people’s table manners. That really puts you off eating food.
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Growing up in America is like being taught to be stupid.
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I listen to everything from Ravel to the Bee Gees.
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A lot of photos were taken of us next to milk churns.
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Gay people are made and not born.
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It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.
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I’d never have left Hawkwind if I hadn’t been fired.
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It’s not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It’s just that I’ve gotten used to it.
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I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.
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All my dreams came true. There’s not many people that can say that. I mean, most people have to work in a job they hate all their lives, and I can’t imagine that.
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I always open doors for women. It’s just good manners.
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People look down on stuff that sells. What do you call that? Downward snobbery, I guess.
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I never liked jazz or anything else. Early rock n’ roll – that was music to me. Everything else was boring.
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